Why was Meursault found guilty? He stood his ground while he felt threatened by the Arab...

>Was it only because he was an edgelord?

Pretty much. The whole point of the story was that he refused to show remorse and pretend like he cared about what he had done, he was only "irritated" by the ordeal. If he had done so he probably would have just spent time in jail. The fact that he refused to lie threatened the societal norms built around, hence he was sentenced to death.

Self-defense with a deadly weapon is only warranted when the attacker is also using a deadly weapon. But the real problem with his case is that normally you if you kill someone in self defense you: a) don't keep shooting the corpse and b) show some goddamn remorse or feeling. If it's truely self defense there is no reason for excessive force and the average person would feel bad about taking someone's life.

If he didn't shoot the body after the fact and showed sincere remorse her could get off on voluntary manslaughter which is a very light sentence probably around 2-5 years.

If he didn't shoot the body after but showed no remorse he'd probably get murder 2 which is like 20 years.

If he shot the body but was remorseful about it, he'd still probably get at least murder 2.

But the fact that he over killed and didn't seem to give a shit made him seem like a really dangerous sociopath so most places count that as a capital crime and that's either life no parole or death.

Re-read some Kant. You can kill a murderer, you just can't lie to him.

No, he was convicted because he didn't cry at his mother's funeral.

>In 1945, following the Sétif and Guelma massacre after Arab revolts against French mistreatment, Camus was one of only a few mainland journalists to visit the colony, again writing a series of article reports on conditions, and advocating for French concessions and reforms to the demands of the Algerian people.
>Although favoring greater Algerian autonomy or even federation, though not full-scale independence, he believed that the Pieds-Noirs and Arabs could co-exist. During the war he advocated a civil truce that would spare the civilians, which was rejected by both sides, who regarded it as foolish. Behind the scenes, he began to work for imprisoned Algerians who faced the death penalty.[
>Throughout his life, Camus spoke out against and actively opposed totalitarianism in its many forms.[39] Early on, Camus was active within the French Resistance to the German occupation of France during World War II, even directing the famous Resistance journal, Combat.

If Camus believed morals didn't exist and life was meaningless, why was he such an SJW?

You retarded? Camus point is to make meaning for yourself.

>If Camus believed morals didn't exist and life was meaningless
reread the book and compare the philosophy of the protagonist at the end of part two to his behavior in part one; the theme of nihilism is resolved after the trial
>SJW
nevermind, just stop posting

Achillean as fuck.

>taking kant's normative ethics seriously

He admitted to unloading into an incapacitated mans chest.

When questioned about his situation his responses painted him as a callous and unfeeling man, with unsavory connections. Then he tried to blame it on the sun.

The time during which the book takes place was a pretty racist time in French-Algeria. Sort of comparable to the south in the 50s. The whole point is Mersault would have been let off with a slap on the wrist bc no one would have cared if a French guy killed an Arab, it was his total lack of remorse, etc, that condemned him to death.

Are you just going to let the sun walk free?